Description

Shrub, 0.6-3m; young shoots densely floccose-tomentose, setulose-glandular or eglandular. Leaves narrowly elliptic to oblong or elliptic, (3.5—)6—11 x(l-)1.5-2.7cm, 3.3-4.5(-6) x as long as broad, apex ± acute, apiculate, base cuneate to ± rounded, upper surface glabrous, lower surface with a floccose, rufous, usually patchy (rarely ± continuous) ramiform tomentum, lower epidermis glaucous-papillate; petioles 0.7-1.5cm,.floccose-tomentose, usually eglandular (rarely setulose-glandular). Inflorescence 4-7-flowered; rhachis 2-3mm; pedicels c.lOmm, tomentose, eglandular. Calyx l-4mm, lobes rounded, sparsely tomentose to glabrous, margins ciliate. Corolla tubular-campanulate, usually crimson to scarlet, occasionally yellowish to pink, 30-40mm. Ovary densely stellate-tomentose, eglandular, tapering into the glabrous style. Capsule 10-25 x 4-5mm, straight to curved.

Distribution

China (SE Xizang & adjacent NW Yunnan)

Altitude

Habitat

Cliffs, Rhododendron scrub

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):410